Pediatric Oncology Student Training (POST) Program
The Pediatric Oncology Student Training (POST) Program is designed for undergraduate, graduate and medical students who have an interest in pediatric oncology research and would like to experience the field first hand. Students train with a pediatric oncology research mentor. Students may join a research project underway in a mentor’s lab or begin an original investigation with the mentor.
View all ALSF funded projects here.
| Recipient | Institution | Type of Cancer | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaclyn Rosenthal | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia | Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma | 2017 |
| Sarah McCormack | Children’s Research Institute | Brain Tumors | 2017 |
| Amjad Shaikh | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia | Leukemia | 2017 |
| Mike Aleksander | University of Rochester | Synovial Sarcoma | 2017 |
| Nathan Sunada | University of Hawaii at Hilo | Neuroblastoma | 2017 |
| Laurence Okeke | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Glioma | 2017 |
| John Szigety | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia | Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) | 2017 |
| Louis Perkins | Baylor College of Medicine | General Pediatric Cancer | 2017 |
| Nikit Venishetty | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | Ewing Sarcoma | 2017 |
| Kevin Pineault | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Solid and Bone Cancers | 2017 |
